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> 問題の神社にも岩座があったっていうし  
>  The stone like socle in the shrine.

What does 問題の add? My take would be something like "The shrine in question"


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particle-の reading-comprehension
What does 問題の mean in this sentence?


edit: I actually didn't realize `問題` had the meaning mentioned in sundowner's
answer. That seems more likely, although certainty would require more context.

The Japanese `の` for connecting nouns is really flexible, and [can mean quite
a few different things based on
context](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/2771/7705). In this case, it's
talking about the `shrine which is the problem`. You could also write this as
something like `問題である神社` or `問題になっている神社`; the most natural english translation
I can think of is `the problem shrine`.

Incidentally, I'm not sure if the quote in your answer was intended to be a
translation, but `問題の神社にも岩座があったっていうし` is something like `They say there was a
stone socle in the problem shrine as well`.


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The [問題](https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/word/%E5%95%8F%E9%A1%8C/#jn-220806) is
used in the following sense.

> ４ 世間が関心をよせているもの。話題。「―の議員」

I think _in question_ is fine. Another alternative is _under discussion_.


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